{"id":11711,"date":"2020-10-06T21:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/06\/around-saturn\/"},"modified":"2020-10-06T21:00:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T21:00:45","slug":"around-saturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/06\/around-saturn\/","title":{"rendered":"Around Saturn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/70532693?color=00adef\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>Waltz Around Saturn with this video showing highlights from Cassini&#8217;s exploration of the giant planet, its magnificent rings, and fascinating family of moons.<br \/>\n(WARNING: this video may not be suitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy)<\/p>\n<p>The video is dedicated to the memory of Margherita Hack,  astrophysicist and popular science writer (2013)<br \/>\nShe made me love the stars<\/p>\n<p>music Dmitri Shostakovich &#8211; Jazz Suite No.2: VI. Waltz 2 &#8211; Armonie Symphony Orchestra (thanks to Erica Alberti for suggestion)<br \/>\nimage from Cassini\u2013Huygens spacecraft mission to the Saturn system by NASA and European Space Agency<br \/>\nedit by Fabio Di Donato<\/p>\n<p>This video shows a selection from more than 200.000 pictures taken by the Cassini Spacecraft around Saturn&#8217;s Rings in a period between 2004 and 2012, published through the Planetary Data System between June 2005 and June 2013 &#8211; If you want to know more about the mission please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For an in-depth explanation of what you can see in this video here is a great article by Phil Plait:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2013\/07\/27\/_around_saturn_a_time_lapse_video_made_from_cassini_images_of_the_ringed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2013\/07\/27\/_around_saturn_a_time_lapse_video_made_from_cassini_images_of_the_ringed.html<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And yes, at 2:10 you can watch the moon of Mimas where the large Herschel crater makes the moon look like the Death Star in the movie &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; by George Lucas<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/janus.astro.umd.edu\/front\/pages\/links\/Mimas1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/janus.astro.umd.edu\/front\/pages\/links\/Mimas1.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An interview by Ben Richmond on the making of Around Saturn:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/blog\/this-is-how-video-artist-fabio-di-donato-made-around-saturn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/blog\/this-is-how-video-artist-fabio-di-donato-made-around-saturn<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>RAW images were processed to PNG thanks to the Vicar-to-PNG procedure provided by Jessica McKellar and Adam Fletcher: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/41634392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/41634392<\/a><br \/>\nI used a 30 fps sequence, 1 picture x frame  <\/p>\n<p>Friday, July 19th 2013 @ 2:27 p.m. Earth was captured in a photo taken by NASA&#8217;s Cassini Mission to Saturn. This video partecipated to the \u202a#\u200eWaveAtSaturn\u202c and #DayEarthSmiled events<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/waveatsaturn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/waveatsaturn\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more images from space please watch:<br \/>\nDelicate Home <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/58976799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/58976799<\/a><br \/>\nDancing with the Stars <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/53957628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/53957628<\/a><br \/>\nGRAIL <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/57892410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/57892410<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed the fast montage please watch:<br \/>\nPLAY <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/35792474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/35792474<\/a><br \/>\nFeel the tech touch <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/52861540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/52861540<\/a><br \/>\nor jump on the cockpit of a high speed train:<br \/>\nMad Train (4 min) <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/69354910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/69354910<\/a><br \/>\nTunnels (8 min) <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55198112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55198112<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more videos with classical music:<br \/>\nVivaldi <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/66522821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/66522821<\/a><br \/>\nStrauss <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/35496757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/35496757<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Miura Trabucco for constantly reviewing my works and always suggesting the right thing (and for the title \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first video made with Cassini footage, here in the vimeo community  you can find many other great videos on Saturn, please watch them<\/p>\n<p>Some articles about this video:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/103587\/waltz-around-saturn-with-this-beautiful-animation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/103587\/waltz-around-saturn-with-this-beautiful-animation\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/video-ride-with-the-cassini-spacecraft-orbiting-saturn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/video-ride-with-the-cassini-spacecraft-orbiting-saturn<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lecosmographe.com\/blog\/superbe-video-mondes-de-saturne-cassini\/#.UenayWTAXf1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.lecosmographe.com\/blog\/superbe-video-mondes-de-saturne-cassini\/#.UenayWTAXf1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2013\/07\/27\/_around_saturn_a_time_lapse_video_made_from_cassini_images_of_the_ringed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2013\/07\/27\/_around_saturn_a_time_lapse_video_made_from_cassini_images_of_the_ringed.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/video\/Waltz-Around-Saturn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/video\/Waltz-Around-Saturn.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/2013\/07\/25\/this-video-montage-of-saturns-rings-and-moons-is-simply-gorgeous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/2013\/07\/25\/this-video-montage-of-saturns-rings-and-moons-is-simply-gorgeous\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wired.jp\/2013\/07\/28\/cassini-around-saturn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/wired.jp\/2013\/07\/28\/cassini-around-saturn\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-17938_105-57595984-1\/fly-around-saturn-in-gorgeous-short-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-17938_105-57595984-1\/fly-around-saturn-in-gorgeous-short-film\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/sci\/saturn-trippy-photomashing-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/sci\/saturn-trippy-photomashing-video.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heise.de\/newsticker\/meldung\/NASA-Sonde-Cassini-Video-laedt-zum-Walzer-mit-dem-Saturn-1926094.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.heise.de\/newsticker\/meldung\/NASA-Sonde-Cassini-Video-laedt-zum-Walzer-mit-dem-Saturn-1926094.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/innovations\/wp\/2013\/07\/29\/nprs-scott-simon-tweets-from-his-mothers-bedside-opens-a-window-on-grief-to-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/innovations\/wp\/2013\/07\/29\/nprs-scott-simon-tweets-from-his-mothers-bedside-opens-a-window-on-grief-to-the-world\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/07\/29\/saturn-waltz-video-cassini-orbiter-shostakovich_n_3660401.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/07\/29\/saturn-waltz-video-cassini-orbiter-shostakovich_n_3660401.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifo.gr\/team\/lab\/40230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.lifo.gr\/team\/lab\/40230<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nLove, Fabio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waltz Around Saturn with this video showing highlights from Cassini&#8217;s exploration 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(WARNING: this video may not be suitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy) The video is dedicated to the memory of Margherita Hack, astrophysicist and popular science writer (2013) She made me love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}